LUDVIG
BIOGRAPHY
EXHIBITIONS
Ludvig is an artist and music maker from London, now living in Hove. He started painting walls in the mid-1990s and has not looked back.
Style and technique are important to Ludvig and set him apart from other writers. He chooses not to use products made specifically for graffiti, preferring instead to use everyday products; household emulsion is preferred to spray paint. This gives his work a specific look and style, one that is not fixed in fussy details and ‘clean’ technical pieces, but pushes a more immediate, raw and expressive approach to mark making. This ‘dirty’ style allows incidental elements to exist in pieces with no corrections, making the first line drawn, the right line. Works on smaller scale canvas and paper, although varied, embody the same energy and a strong handmade, DiY ethic.
Inspirations behind Ludvig’s work come from many areas of life, including early to mid-1970s graffiti, large roller-painted protest messages from the 1980s, metal bands and visual language, politics, music, films, literature, rave culture, news events and the ever-crazier world. These filter into Ludvig’s art and appear from time to time clearly or more prominently.
In the past Ludvig has created a range of work and has a broad creative output, including; music, wall pieces, t-shirts, canvases, written pieces, prints, zines, sculpture and ceramics.
He has shown in the UK, Brazil, France, Germany and Australia; with solo shows in Liverpool and Brighton.
2010
New Year, New Danger - High Roller Society – Group Show – London, UK,
Press And Release - High Roller Society – Group Show – London, UK,
Pure Evil Xmas Show – Group Show – London, UK, 2011
2012
Team Rex, Team Robbo at Red Gallery – Group Show – London, UK,
2013
Graffiti Life Gallery – Blackbook Show – London, UK,
Roll Over, Play Dead - Stour Space Gallery – Group Show – London, UK, August
2014
In Our Manor - Ten Grand Arcade Gallery – Group Show – London, UK,
2015
Dubl Trubl - Urban Spree – Group Show – Berlin, Germany.
Alt.LDN - Red Gallery, If You Don’t Know, Now You Know – Group Show – London, UK,
Graffiti ’15 Exhibition – Group Show – Poplar, London, UK,
Loser Unit Issue 4 Show – Group Show - Perth, Australia,
2016
RYGB Loser Unit Show – Group Show - Sydney, Australia,
2017
Crew Part One - Outsider Gallery – Group Show – London, UK,
Sub Galeria – Substreets Urban Contemporary Art - Group Show – Sao Paulo, Brasil, May
Bazartes Atelie Daki - Daki Galeria – Group Show – Sao Paulo, Brasil, August
Collection – Studio 45 – Group Show – Brighton, UK, August
Bestival – Art Vending Machine – Lulworth, UK, September
Zap Gallery – Solo Show, Words and Faces - Liverpool, UK, September
2018
Drawn - Hackney Wick Drawing Club - Stour Space – Group Show – London, UK, April 2
Collection – Prescription Art – Group Show – Brighton, UK, April
Friendly Gang 2 - Studio 45 – Group Show Brighton, UK, June
Statement Pieces - Studio 45 – w. Iva Troi – 2 person Show, Brighton, UK, June
All That Sparkles Ain’t Gold, But Some That Doesn’t Is – Solo show – Brighton, UK, November
Impermanence Galerie – Group Show – Rennes, France, December
Semi Skimmed Art - BTSM Gallery – Group Show – London, UK, December
2019
Sinna and Friends - Brighton Tattoo Convention – Brighton, UK, February
Drawn 2 - Hackney Wick Drawing Club - Stour Space – Group Show – London, UK, March
Old Masters, New Dogs – 2 person show w. Ben Sad - Brighton, UK, May
One Love - Agrarian Gallery – Group Show – London, UK, May 2019
Friendly Gang 3 – Studio 45 – Group Show - Brighton, UK, September
For The Love Of Money – Studio 45 - Group Show – Brighton, UK, November
2022
Leake Street Galleries – Group Show – London, UK, January
2023
Sinna’s Grotto 3 – Gallery Lock In – Brighton, UK, December
AVAILABLE WORK
We sometimes have other available works by LUDVIG, or can accept commissions. Please get in touch if you want to know more.
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